secularise

A verb meaning to make something secular, especially by removing religious or ecclesiastical influence, control, or character.

• 🇩🇪Verb, das bedeutet, etwas weltlich zu machen, insbesondere indem religiöser oder kirchlicher Einfluss, Kontrolle oder Charakter beseitigt wird.

1. Make secular C1 formal british

   To remove religious influence or character from something, such as an institution, education, or society.

   • The government moved to secularise the public school system.
   • Many European countries began to secularise their legal systems in the 19th century.
   • The movement aimed to secularise political institutions and separate them from the church.

   🇩🇪Säkularisieren

   Synonyme: deconsecratedesacralizedisestablishlaicizesecularize

   Antonyme: consecratesanctify

• secularised past participle
• secularised past simple
• secularising present participle
• secularises third person singular